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NSA using facial recognition software to build massive image database
The NSA isn’t just interested in reading all of your emails and listening to your phone calls, now it wants to put a face to the name. At least that’s according to the latest batch of NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, brought to our attention by the New York Times. The documents show how ...
Is MaidSafe really the ‘Bitcoin of data’?
When Edward Snowden revealed how the NSA has been spying on people’s online activities, some began looking for ways to protect themselves while using online services. There are some services, such as email, social networks, browsers and so on, that promise to keep people’s identity safe and protected, but people are still looking for safer ...
Server market sinks again: Can Lenovo turn it around?
Lenovo executives could be forgiven for having second thoughts as they wait to get their hands on IBM’s x86 server business, following a new report from Gartner which shows Big Blue’s sales train heading south yet again. Gartner says IBM’s server business continued its slump in Q1 of 2014, and is now estimating a 27.8 ...
Salesforce forges alliance with the ‘evil empire’
Salesforce.com has finally buried the hatchet and teamed up with Microsoft – a company its CEO Marc Benioff once famously referred to as the “evil empire”. Putting an end to speculation yesterday, the two ‘frenemy’ companies have announced an alliance that’ll allow Windows and Azure users to access Salesforce’s tech more easily from Microsoft’s products. ...
Virtual Reality brings Big Data visualization to life
Data visualization tools have made it somewhat easier to glean intelligence from a mass of information. But today’s tools are still extremely inefficient, as they fail to incorporate the science of human visual perception into their data visualization techniques. This results in tools that deliver great “eye candy” but poor human comprehension of the data. ...
Huawei beefs up SDN offering, connects to MS, OpenStack & VMware
China’s Huawei is trying to make up for a lack of trust by expanding its software-defined networking support. To do so, it’s just launched an Agile Data Center Cloud Connect Solution, which we’ll helpfully refer to as ADCCCS from now on. Huawei says its ADCCCS is based on two key components: the Agile Controller Platform ...
AWS blazes ahead in cloud IaaS, but Microsoft’s catching up
Amazon’s cloud dominance has been recognized by analyst kings Gartner in a new “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service” report, which was published late yesterday. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report offers a detailed look at the marketplace, and goes some way towards driving buyer’s behavior. After all, no enterprise wants to hedge its bets ...
First Microsoft, now IBM – Who’s next in China’s ‘war on tech’?
Is China preparing to launch all-out war on US technology providers? That remains to be seen, but the dispute between the two superpowers is certainly heating up with reports that Chinese authorities are “reviewing” if local banks should dump IBM’s servers for something else. The report, which cites four people familiar with the matter, comes ...
FTC calls for crackdown on ‘big’ data brokers
Consumers have little understanding of how so-called ‘data brokers’ are collecting and sharing information on their web browsing and personal habits, says a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report. “This is an industry that largely operates in the dark,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a statement. “We want to shed the veil of secrecy ...
Outlook.com for Android leaves user data exposed
Microsoft’s Outlook.com for Android is failing to adequately protect user’s data, according to a security firm which found the app doesn’t encrypt emails stored on the device. The claim is made by research firm Include Security, which says that Outlook.com’s email messages are stored within an unencrypted folder on most Android device’s SD cards by ...